Rename package in Android Studio

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How do you rename packages in the new IDE Android Studio  based on IntelliJ IDEA   Is there an automatic refactoring included    I want to make bulk refactoring  but I don t know how  I worked two years with Eclipse and in Eclipse it s a one-click operation

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IntelliJ IDEA has an option called  Compact Empty Middle Packages   Select the option icon of the Project tab and de activate this   See  How can I change top level package name in IntelliJ IDEA

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Go to project path   where you located Java files and package Create new folders  for example com   super package   activities Android Studio will refresh project structure Move all Java files to new folders Remove old folders Menu Edit   Find   Replace in path  Change old package name to new Change also in manifest and build gradle   Done

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For me   i just changed the directory name instead of package name of the library module and clicked Do refactor at the bottom  example  from com reg register -  com reg1 register    After that make sure you updated the new directory name in build gradle file and manifest file   Rebuild the project

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The accepted answer didn t work for me  Here s a python script to change the package name directly on the source files       Notes  1 - This script it for python3 2 - Create a backup first 3 - Place on the root folder of the android project you want to change 4 - run  python change android studio pkg name py  5 - Type the old package name 6 - Type the new package name 7 - Clean and Rebuild on Android Studio 8 - SRC folder names won t be changed but app will work      import os  glob  traceback from pathlib import Path  def rwf fp  mode  r   data           if mode     r           with open fp   r   encoding  utf8   as f              return f read        elif mode     w           with open fp   w   encoding  utf8   as f              f write data   old pkg   input  Old PKG n   strip   new pkg   input  New PKG n   strip    if not old pkg or not new pkg      exit  Args Missing    dirname  filename   os path split os path abspath   file     file types     xml    txt    json    gradle    java    fs    glob iglob f  dirname       recursive True  for file path in  fs      ext   Path file path  suffix replace          lower       if os path isfile file path  and ext in file types          try              content   rwf file path              new content   content replace old pkg  new pkg              rwf file path   w   new content          except              print traceback format exc                pass   python3 gist

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Please try the following steps    Click on setting gear icon and deselect Compact Empty Middle Package Now we can see each package folder is broken into parts   Now right click on the first package folder     refactor     rename  Now a warning will be displayed but you go ahead and click Rename Package      After that enter your domain name for the package name   Click on    Do Refactor       Now it has change the package domain name of the App  Now Change the domain extension and App folder name according to your requirement   Now open build gradle  Module  app  in Gradle Scripts  Here change the application id and click Sync Now           Finally it   s done

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go to AndroidManifest xml  There you will find package as the attribute of manifest tag  Just select the part you want to change   right click-  refactor -  rename   Maybe earlier it was hard  but as of today it is not anymore    You might also want to change the app id in  defaultConfig       applicationId      Short  amp  Sweet

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After you follow one of these techniques to get your package renamed  you might start seeing errors   If   when your R java is not getting generated properly  you ll get a lot of errors in your project saying error  cannot find symbol class R and also error  package R does not exist   Remember to check your Application manifest xml  The manifest package name must match the actual package name  It seems the R java is generated from the Application Manifest and can cause these errors if there s a mismatch   Remember to check the package attribute matches in your  lt manifest package  com yourcompany coolapp  gt

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I found another way that works or an extra step to some of the answers here especially if you want to change the domain as well  It works in Android Studio 1 4  This is what I did    Open Manifest xml and change the package name to what you want  Open your app build gradle file and change the Application Id in defaultConfig to the same name as in manifest and rebuild the project  If still an issue  open a file under the package name  go to the package breadcrumbs  i e  package declaration at head of file  and set your cursor to the domain you want to change and hit  Shift   F6   it would come out with a dialog with multiple use warnings  click on  Rename packages  and then click on  Do Refactor  it should rename everything including the R Java files    So for example if you want to rename  com example app  to  com YourDomain app   open a file under the package to be renamed  in the package breadcrumbs  set your cursor to  example  part of the domain and hit Shift   F6 and rename package to  YourDomain

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I recommend to use the Sublime Text  or Notepad     Replace com one lastname -  com two newname and com one lastname -  com two newname in     Projects MyProject   and don t forget to rename     Projects MyProject app src main java com one lastname      Projects MyProject app src test java com one lastname and     Projects MyProject app src androidTest java com one lastname   That s all

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How to rename com example app to com android app    in package com example app select example Shift   F6 choose rename package rename example to android confirm do refactor

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ctrl   Shift   R has always worked for me  Simply replace all and choose All Files

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If your package starts with mypackageold something test then you can t change to mypackagenew somethingnew testnew   In this case  if I follow above accepted answer steps result will be mypackageold somethingnew testnew   Only if your package starts with com     to New package  above accepted answer will work   So if you want to change the package from Root Level   Change the Required package name inside manifest  Remove the old package and Crate New Package under Android tab  Drag all the Files from old Package to New Package  Inside the Manifest also change the package name for those files  Clean Project  Open build gradle and update applicationId

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There are many answer given  but still i am giving my trial      Step 1   As Show in the fig above select Setting Option      Step 2  Select Compact Middle Packages option      Step 3  Now Expand the package as shown    Step 4  After expanding it will look some thing like   Step 5  Select any on the sub package  in or example or googledevsmsverify  and click Shift f6 button      I selected middle package example so it will display as above fig simple rename the package and click on the refactor button    Step 6  you will see the following screen after clicking Refactor button  click on the DO Refactor and wait until build the gradle      Step 7   Goto build gradle Mobile app  and change the  package name of applicationID as shown    Step 8  Just check the package in the manifest xml file        All Done the package is change    Ambilpura

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Open the file   app   manifests   AndroidManifest xml    Highlight each part in the package name that you want to modify  don t highlight entire package name  then    Mouse right click   Refactor   Rename   Rename package type the new name and press  Refactor    Do these steps in each part of the package name    Open  Gradle Script      build gradle Modul app    and update the applicationId  to your package name   Open the menu  build  and choose  Rebuild Project

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I tried the two top-voted solutions but found some issues even though both work to some extent      List item  The new package-drag-drop method leaves some unchanged and creates some undesired effects List item  The rename package only changes the last part of package name   After some experiments I found the following method works well for me   If you just need to change the last part of package name  use the method outlined by GreyBeardedGeek  namely  Right-click on the package in the Project pane  Choose Refactor -  Rename from the context menu  If you need to change the whole package name  do the following   Right-click on the package in the Project pane  Choose Refactor -  Move from the context menu  This will create a new package folder  when necessary  but will keep the last part of your package name as before   If you need to change the last part  do the rename accordingly   Note also that you may need to modify package names in e g  build gradle  manifest  and or any xml resource files  or even in your code if hardcoded   After all that  do Sync Clean Rebuild project as necessary

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This I believe what you are looking for is Refactor   Move  You can also press F6   You will get two popups  Make sure you select rename package on both  After that you will get a pop up to place the new package name    Please note that if your package name is  for example  com example android projectname then this will let you change com example android to something else    One more thing  this will update the applicationId in your build gradle as well  Just make sure that the checkboxes for  search in comments and strings  and  search for text occurrences  are both checked for it to work

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There is also a good keyboard shortcut key just click n select the Class   Package which you want to rename and press ALT    two times R  or Shift  F6    which reflect  -  Refactor menu and Rename function in Android Studio  After rename the existing package it shows in bottom side where the effect of this reflection   rename if you click on Refector button it will change the Class name   Package name where is used in whole Project

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I needed to run File- Invalidate Caches Restart    to remove remnants of the original package

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It is very easy to do  Just follow two steps    Right click on root folder and click on open module settings  After this go to flavors tab and change application id as you wish     For those who are thinking that this will only change the application id in build gradle file   It is written by Google that      The final package that is used in your built  apk s manifest  and is the package your app is known as on your device and in the Google Play store  is the  application id     and     The package that is used in your source code to refer to your R class  and to resolve any relative activity service registrations  continues to be called the  package     You can read more on http   tools android com tech-docs new-build-system applicationid-vs-packagename

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The approach used by me for renaming the package name is simple as follows -  Step 1   Select the Project option from left menu of Android Studio    Step 2   Right click on java and add a new package and set the desired package name    Step 3   Enter you new packagename    Step 4  Copy all the files from your old package and paste in the new package    Step 5  Rename the package name in manifest file    Step 6  Rename the package name in build gradle file    Step 7  Then right click the old package and delete it with all its data  and delete that directory as well    Step 8  Then Rebuild your project    Step 9  Then you will find some errors of old import packagename in your project  Select the old package name in any file and press CTRL   Shift   R   and enter you new package name in replace box  then press find    Step 10  Then a popup appears like below and select All files option from it    Step 11  Rebuild your project again  bingo your project packagename has been changed

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Select option  Uncheck the Compact Empty Middle Packages option  Select which directory you want to change I have selected  crl  shown in step 6   Shift F6 Rename Package Renaming directory crl to crl1  Finally click on Do Refactor button marked in image below  enter code here After Changes done

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Select the package that will be refactored  Refactor   Move    Move xxx to new package

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The common mistake that one can make is one cannot rename the package structure i e  it is not possible to change com name android to com Renamed android when one tries to modify at the com name android level   In order to have the same desired change go one level up i e com name and here when you refactor change it to Renamed  This will work always

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The question asked   Is there an automatic refactoring included    I want to make bulk refactoring  but I don t know how  I worked two years with Eclipse and in Eclipse it s a one-click operation   Well  almost one-click with automatic refactoring  but just one small step first  i e   just the small step to create the new package  Here is the full solution below  You can rename a package by creating a new package  including the required folder path  and then drag-and-drop over from the old package  and let Android Studio take care of the refactoring of the various references from the old package to the new   as follows   Right click on java under app   Select New and Package  Select the location for the new package as    app src main java  Enter the full name of the new package  The new package will be created  Now  drag-and-drop over from the old package to the new  Preview the refactoring if you d like to check that Android Studio is doing it properly  If it all looks good  proceed with the refactoring   NB  since application ID and package name are decoupled these days  note that the above is only for renaming the package name  For changing the application ID  you can do that in your build gradle

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If your package name is more than two dot separated  say com hello world and moreover  you did not put anything in com  and com hello   All of your classes are putting into com hello world   you might DO the following steps to refactoring your package name s  in Android Studio or IntelliJ     FIRST  Add something under your directories com   com hello    You can achieve this by first add two files to package com hello world  say       com hello world PackageInfo1 java    com hello world PackageInfo2 java    then refactor them by moving them to com and com hello respectively     You will see com and com hello sitting there at the Project Alt 1    or Command 1 for shortcut  and rename directories refactoring is    waiting there as you expected    Refactor to rename one or more of these directories to reach your aim  The only thing you should notice here is you must choose the directories rather than Packages when a dialog ask you  If you ve got lots of classes in your project  it will take you a while to wait for its auto-scan-and-rename  Besides  you need to rename the package name inside the AndroidManifest xml manually  I guess  such that other names in this file can benefit the prefix   ALSO   it might need you to replace all com hello world R to the new XXX XXX XXX R Command Shift R for short  Rebuild and run your project to see whether it work  And use  Find in Path  to find other  non-touch names you d like to rename  Enjoy it

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Right click on package -  refactor and change the name   You can also change it in the manifest  Sometimes if you change the package name  but after creating the  apk file it shows a different package name  At that time check  applicationId  in the build gradle file

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Create a new package in the java directory and move your project into that package  Like your current project id is com testapp user and you want to change it xyz testapp user  Then create a package in src java directory named xyz and move your child package testapp user into xyz  It works for me  Finally  update build gradle and manifest project id

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Right Click on the Package name -  Refractor - Rename -  enter the name of the package - Click    Refractor       Do not edit any of the build files except    build gradle    under the    app    folder    From Renaming android studio project - Vishnu Sivan

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Changing the application ID  which is now independent of the package name  can be done very easily in one step   You don t have to touch AndroidManifest  Instead do the following     right click on the root folder of your project  Click  Open Module Setting    Go to the Flavours tab   Change the applicationID to whatever package name you want  Press OK    Note this will not change the package name  The decoupling of Package Name and Application ID is explained here  http   tools android com tech-docs new-build-system applicationid-vs-packagename

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Right-click on the package at the Project Panel    Choose Refactor -  Rename from the context menu

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The first part consists of creating a new package under java folder and selecting then dragging all your source files from the old package to this new package  After that you need to remane the package name in android manifest to the name of the new package  In step 2  here is what you need to do You need to change the old package name in applicationId under the module build gradle in your android studio in addition to changing the package name in the manifest  So in summary  click on build gradle which is below the  AndroidManifest xml  and modify the value of applicationId to your new package name   Then  at the very top  under build  clean your project  then rebuild  It should be fine from here

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I have seen the top voted answers but i found is a little bit different to do this  i try to do the most complete tutorial   From the Android Studio click over the gear icon      and then select the option   Compact Empty Middle Packages   to see the folders separated in a tree view     Now select the folder  click right button to open the contextual menu  select Refactor and then Rename    You will be advised to refactor the package     Then a window will show the coincidences inside the proyect  select  Do Refactor      We don  t have to change manually the AndroidManifest xml or build gradle files  Refactoring the package will do the job

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for example if you want change package from com example a to com example b  1 change project style folder from android to package  in project side   2 right click top of folder and click replace in path  3 select in project button  4 in first input write com example a  5 in second input write com example b  6 when you see warning select replace all to replace value  after finish replace you can see your package name is com example b

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Packages serve two purposes  One is to uniquely identify your app in the Google Play Store  The other is to name the package for the R java class which is generated when you build your project  You can think of the first purpose as the external package and the second as the internal package  Assuming you want to change the external package so you can identify in the Play store  there s a convenient way to do this   In Android Studio    choose File - gt  Project Structure - gt  Choose your app s module - gt  Click on the   Flavors tab - gt  change the Application id    Now  when you build your project        your APK and manifest will use this new package name

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That works very well for me  even for changing the occurrences  in all the modules concerned  for the folders names I want to modify in the package but  for me  it works fine only if I follow exactly the following steps       A - If you want to change the name of the root folder  in other words the folder s name who is normaly used in the package to contain the principal activity   you can do it before or after the following steps  B to C  by exiting from  Android Studio  and rename manually this root folder  Click after on  Import project     and then on the new name of your project  this import process will automatically readjust the  Gradle  files with the project files      B - before the following C step  don t forget to modify manually the folder s names you want to change in the package by changing them in the 3 following files   AndroidManifest xml    MainActivity java   or the name you eventually choose for your first activity  and the  build gradle  Module  app   file    C - Follow the steps 1 to 6 described above   In your Project pane  click on the little gear icon      -  https   stackoverflow com a 29092698 2001610   D - Only if you want to change the name of the root folder now  you can follow the  A  process  as described above

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Select the package name in the Java folder   Shift F6 Change the package name and click OK    Your package name will be changed from all the Java files and the manifest file  You have to manually change the package name from build gradle

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The best way is to write the new package name and drag from the older package name   The second way  if you click Refactor then move option then rename the package name  it will rename the package name and then rebuild   In Build gradle you have to do manually  if you Refactor then it will not rename in Build gradle

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If your only reason for renaming is to avoid collision with another build  or a system app  with the same package name  then you can instead rename ONLY the applicationId in your app s build gradle file  Example  Given that you already have an app installed with the id com android phone  which you want to keep  change your app build gradle to  android       defaultConfig           applicationId  quot com android phone mymod quot      I e  if you already have an app with the package name com android phone and don t want cannot uninstall it  for example because it s a system app and the device is not rooted  then the change above is all that is needed in order to have your app installed side-by-side with the original app  On the device the applicationId is what will be used and not the actual package name  Also your app data will be stored under  data data com android phone mymod rather than  data data com android phone    NB  In certain cases you might also need to rename the names of providers and authorities in your AndroidManifest xml file   Reference   https   developer android com studio build application-id   When you create a new project in Android Studio  the applicationId exactly matches the Java-style package name you chose during setup  However  the application ID and package name are independent of each other beyond this point  You can change your code s package name  your code namespace  and it will not affect the application ID  and vice versa  though  again  you should not change your application ID once you publish your app   However  changing the package name has other consequences you should be aware of  so see the section about how to change the package name

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Another good method is  First create a new package with the desired name by right clicking on the Java folder   New   Package   Then  select and drag all your classes to the new package  Android Studio will refactor the package name everywhere   Finally  delete the old package   Done   Very important   You have to manually change AndroidManifest xml and build gradle file to the new package if you use this method

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First u need to go to settings icon which is Appear in left  click on that dropdown and uncheck Compact Empty Middle Packages   Go to Your AndroidManifest xml   Select All of your Package and then Right click there  Refactor and then rename that how you want  and then go to your build gradle and then change Applicationid with packagename that what you have in Android Manifest    It is worked For Me

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Goto your AndroidManifest xml file  Place your cursor in the package name like shown below  Don t select it  just place it    Then press Shift   F6 you will get a popup window as shown below select Rename package    Enter your new name and select Refactor   Note since my cursor is on  something   only something is renamed     That s it done

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Updated answer  May 2015  OK I have been struggling with cloning  amp  renaming projects in Android Studio  but finally I achieved it  Here are the steps to follow    Copy the project folder  rename it  amp  open it with Android Studio Rename module directory from explorer Rename projectName iml and content Rename idea  name content In your Project pane  click on the little gear icon -  uncheck  Compact Empty Middle Package  Refactor src directories for new package name  rename package   not rename directory   In build gradle rename application id settings gradle rename module   That s it

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THERE ARE TWO THINGS - PACKAGE NAME and APPLICATION ID  An easiest and most satisfying way for me is this   Can you see the highlighting line  quot vijayjangid quot   it was  quot example quot  before  All I did was renamed example using refractor and the android studio did all the work  FIRST PART DONE  Now rename the application id in defaultConfig brackets to same as the name you renamed the example folder  Make sure you rename the package name and id in cloud services like firebase  Aws  realm etc  That s it you are done  the most upvoted answer is old  we need to update the answers

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Press Ctrl   Shift   R Replace the old package with the new one  Right click on the package name  Refactor   Rename and rename to the new one

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To rename the package name in Android studio  Click on the setting icon in the project section and untick the Compact empty Middle Packages  after that the package will split into multiple folder names  then right click on the folder you need to change the name  click on refactor-  Rename-  Type the name you want to change in -  Refactor -  Refactor Directory  then import R java file in the whole project  Working for me

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Quick and easy way   1- open MainActivity java or any available java file   At the top there is the package declaration such as       package com example myapp    select the package portion that you want to change and press Shift F6  I personally want to change the example   In the warning dialog  select Rename package and then insert the desired package name   2- Open AndroidManifest xml and inside  lt manifest gt  tag change the package to the desired package name   3- open build gradle Module  app  and change the applicationId to the desired package  name

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Change the Package Name  To rename your package name  all you have to do is go to your AndroidManifest xml file  put your mouse cursor in front of the part of the package name you want to change     Right-Click  gt  Refactor  gt  Rename    In the new window press Rename package    Change name and press Refactor       and press Do Refactor at the bottom     Your package name usually is in format com domain appname  in this example we changed the appname part  but you can do the same steps for the domain too  Done  You changed your package name

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Be sure to go to Sheharyar s great Answer  There are so many answers and comments that follow it that it would be easy to get confused and give up  but don t  That answer works    In short  you do three things    1  Deselect Compact Empty Middle Packages    2  Refactor then Rename each old directory node by choosing Change Package  not Change Directory  to match the new package name   Be sure to do a preview of changes     3  Edit the build gradle file and make APPLICATION ID match the new package name

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it will work fine for me Change Following   Step 1  Make sure ApplicationId And PackageName will Same  example     android     defaultConfig                        applicationId  quot com example myapplication quot                               and package name the same  package  quot com example myapplication quot   Step 2 delete iml file in my case     Go To Project gt   gt C  Users ashif Documents MyApplication   iml file    delete  if you forget Project Path Then Go To android Studio Right Click on app and go to  Show in Explorer you get your Project and remove  iml file  Step 3 Close Project Step 4 Now Copy Your old Project and Paste Any other Root or copy Project Folder and paste Any other Dir   Example C  Users ashif Documents MyApplication   Step 5 Now open Android Studio and open Existing Project  C  Users ashif Documents MyApplication   Try it will work

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In Android Studio  you can do this  For example  if you want to change com example app to my awesome game  then   In your Project pane  click on the little gear icon       Uncheck the Compact Empty Middle Packages option   Your package directory will now be broken up into individual directories  Individually select each directory you want to rename  and     Right-click it  Select Refactor  Click on Rename  In the pop-up dialog  click on Rename Package instead of Rename Directory  Enter the new name and hit Refactor  Click Do Refactor in the bottom  Allow a minute to let Android Studio update all changes  Note  When renaming com in Android Studio  it might give a warning  In such case  select Rename All     Now open your Gradle Build File  build gradle - Usually app or mobile   Update the applicationId in the defaultConfig to your new Package Name and Sync Gradle  if it hasn t already been updated automatically    You may need to change the package  attribute in your manifest   Clean and Rebuild    Done  Anyway  Android Studio needs to make this process a little simpler

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I ve found a way easier solution to this problem which also changed the generated imports like com test testpackagechange R and only takes about a minute   Your first step is to open Android Studio and open the replace all window  Mac  cmd   shift   R  Windows I assume  ctrl   shift   R   Type in your old package name and in the one below your new package name  Click Find  This may take a while because it is also looking through the generated items  If it has over 1000 hits  just click continue     After you ve done that push Replace All to replace your old package name with your new one     Now close Android Studio and go to Finder on Mac or Windows Explorer on Windows  Change the name of the folders to your new package name  like this     Now open Android Studio again  Gradle will sync and your package name should be changed to the new one   I ve found this to be the easiest one and the one that covers all areas like generated files

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3 Methods to change package name in Android Studio  I think this is a new one  I tried it and it s working  If above doesn t work for you  Try this  The site I mentioned above  there are 2 other methods too with image tutorial  I also checked   First I am going to talk about changing the Package name  In this example  We will change the package name    com androidride myapplication    to    info xyz yourapplication       Right Click on the package name you want to change and select Refactor -   Move  A new dialog appears  Choose Move package    com androidride myapplication    to another package and click on Ok  A warning dialog appears  click on yes  Enter new package name in the new dialog  But only    info xyz    leave yourapplication  Now you will see a warning dialog says Package info xyz does not exist  Do you want to create it  click on yes  Click on    Do Refactor     Now your package name changed to info xyz myapplication  Right click on info xyz myapplication and Refactor -  Rename  Click on Rename package  Rename dialog  change myapplication to yourapplication  Click on Do refactor  Delete old package name directories and change application id in build gradle  change it into info xyz yourapplication  That s all

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